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With this brochure, you will learn about the many facets of the Copernicus programme: its actors and their roles, as well as its mechanisms, its success stories, and its benefits and applications for Europe and its citizens, with a special focus on six cross-cutting topics dealing with major societal goals.

This document is available in 8 different languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Estonian and Slovak.

You are just joining the Copernicus community? Do not wait anymore and learn more about the programme!

You will find here a general overview of the Copernicus programme, as well as six documents introducing its different services. A quick presentation of the Sentinel satellites - the Copernicus dedicated satellites - is also provided in three different factsheets.

Since the entry into service of Copernicus first satellite, Sentinel-1A, in 2014, the impacts of the programme are witnessed beyond the upstream industry, and bring economic, social, environmental and strategic benefits to the European EO downstream sector as well as to the wider community of final users.

These factsheets demonstrate tangible examples of cost reductions, additional revenues or environmental improvements which are great illustrations of the types of contribution Copernicus can generate for both EO applications developers and non space markets.

The vast majority of data and information delivered by the Copernicus Space infrastructure and the Copernicus services are made available and accessible to any citizen and any organisation around the world on a free, full and open access basis, through a series of access points.

These documents will help you understand how to access this huge amount of data delivered by the Copernicus every day.

With its free, full and open data policy, the Copernicus programme intends to boost innovation and economic growth, making the commercial downstream sector a key element and therefore a prime target of the EU policies and funding instruments.

In this context, the European Commission, other public institutions and the private sector have designed several funding instruments which can help developing Copernicus-related business. These factsheets aim to help companies to find the most relevant ones.